NAWABSHAH: A father and daughter died to due gas leakage in their house in Sakrand on Monday.

According to police, a man, Shani Solangi and his six-year daughter died due to gas leak from the heater in their room. The room had also caught fire when the victims were in sleep, police said.

Recently in October, a newly-married couple was found dead at their house due to gas suffocation in the Astore district of Gilgit-Baltistan. According to rescue officials, the victims were killed due to a gas leak in their room. The couple had only got married three days ago.

The gas soon filled the room, causing death of newly weds in sleep due to suffocation, officials said. The bodies were shifted to a nearby hospital to complete legal formalities. Media reports frequent incidents of deaths by suffocation in Pakistan during freezing temperatures in winter.